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Tax proposal denied: W.Va. House rejects Justice plan 100-0
CHARLESTON — After Gov. Jim Justice blasted House members in general and House Speaker Roger Hanshaw in particular at a noon news conference Friday on tabling his Justice 4 All personal income tax elimination plan, the House decided to vote on it after all later in the afternoon, dealing Justice an overwhelming blow to the plan, rejecting it in a rare 100-0 vote.
During the news conference, Justice said the House is not going to vote on it because “they are afraid to vote … They don’t want to go on record. That is some really bad stuff. It’s just plain rotten to the core.”
But a few hours later, the House reversed course, killing the legislation by going on record in a unanimous decision.
Del. Marty Gearheart, R-Mercer County, who has always opposed the plan because of the tax hikes included to offset the cuts in the personal income tax, said Friday after the vote it is “bad policy and has been rejected on that basis.”
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